Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	land_n	lord_n	2,551	5	3.2299	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50629	The moderate cavalier, or, The soldiers description of Ireland and of the country disease, with receipts for the same	Mercer, William, 1605?-1676?	1675 (1675)	Wing M1739; ESTC R17061	19,621	38

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